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28 February 1961: #Congo premier Joseph Ileo signed a defense pact with secession leader Tshombe and Kalonji in Elisabethville

28 February 1997: RPA searches for Interahamwe rebels in central #Rwanda https://youtu.be/hFb3MbiDXh0 via @YouTube

Gowon restates the case for Nigerian unity after Aburi | February 1967 https://youtu.be/4OXdNDuQztY via @YouTube

27 February 1961: President de Gaulle and #Tunisia President Bourguiba met at Rambouillet #France ; this was the prelude to the direct talks between the GPRA/FLN and French government at Evian in May to end the #AlgerianWar

27 February 1980: The first day of voting in Southern #Rhodesia independence election

27 February 1982- Operation OLYFHOUT: Friendly fire incident by Impalas killed one 32 Bn soldier and injured 17 in #Angola #AngolanCivilWar

Secessionist Katanga President Moise Tshombe at his residence in Elisabethville #Congo on 26 February 1961

27 February 1999: after 16 years of military rule, former dictator General Olusegun Obasanjo was elected President of #Nigeria

26 February 1999: the @UN Security Council voted to end its MONUA peace-keeping mission in #Angola #AngolanCivilWar

The Toyota Hilux, the go-to gun platform for insurrectionists

Operation PANTHER: A French Eurocopter Tiger gunship prepares to fire on rebel positions south of Tessalit in eastern #Mali on 26 February 2013

Operation PANTHER: A French Caesar 155 mm fires on Islamist rebel positions south of Tessalit in eastern #Mali on 26 February 2013

26 February 1996: Ahmed Kabbah won the presidential election in Sierra Leone #SierraLeone

Operation VANITY: SAAF/RhAF Canberra attack on ANC/ZIPRA base, the bombs strike at Luso Boma #Angola on 26 February 1979 #RhodesianBushWar

26 February 1979- "If necessary, we'll blast them back to the Stone Age": Operation VANITY, the SAAF/RhAF air raid on Luso #Angola #RhodesianBushWar

25 February 1988- Operation HOOPER: First attack on Tumpo Triangle at Cuito Cuanavale #Angola #SouthAfricanBorderWar

25 February 2003: former #Zambia President Frederick Chiluba was arrested and charged with looting state treasury of over 40 million; most charges would be dropped and he was acquitted of the remainder in 2009

Supporters of former military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo at a rally in former #Biafra capital of Enugu on 23 February 1999; elections were being held for first time since August 1983 election of Shehu Shagari who was deposed in a coup four months later #Nigeria

Europeans walk by body of Moslem shot dead by OAS on Rue Michelet in central Algiers on 25 February 1962; The OAS killed 553 people in February #AlgerianWar

24 February 1976: #Rhodesia feeling the effects of 10 years of sanctions #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/dhe5uYBu2og via @YouTube

24 February 1976- Operation SMALL BANG: RAR and Selous Scout assault on ZANLA camp at Pafuri #Mozambique #RhodesianBushWar

VOTE P.F.: Joshua Nkomo waves a placard in Gwelo Southern #Rhodesia on 24 February 1980 urging voters to vote for the Patriotic Front

24 February 2003- The BOGORO MASSACRE: The allied FNI/FRPI militias carried out an attack on the village of Bogoro in Ituri province #Congo, hacking to death 200 civilians, raping female survivors and keeping them as sex slaves

Congolese woman carrying baby, chair and chest enters @UN camp in Leopoldville #Congo on 24 February 1961; Lumumba followers were sheltering